BANKS SIGN CONGO BRIDGE DEAL

THE AFRICAN De­vel­op­ment Bank and Africa50 yes­ter­day signed an agree­ment with the Demo­cratic Repub­lic of Congo and the Repub­lic of Congo to de­velop and fi­nance the first road-rail bridge project link­ing their cap­i­tals – Kin­shasa and Braz­zav­ille. This land­mark project con­sists of a 1.575km toll bridge over the Congo River.